{"id":283,"date":"2018-03-08T22:08:22","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T22:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/?page_id=283"},"modified":"2018-03-09T00:11:37","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T00:11:37","slug":"john-buchanan-photos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/?page_id=283","title":{"rendered":"John Buchanan photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/JOhn-Buchanan.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-266\" src=\"http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/JOhn-Buchanan-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"John Buchanan\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/JOhn-Buchanan-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/JOhn-Buchanan-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>JOHN BUCHANAN, citizen scientist, a preposterously fit man in his fifties, has become a bit of a Howe Sound celebrity for his videos of herring eggs and spawning salmon. I was lucky enough to spend a day with him while I was working on <em>Whale in the Door<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>John is a passionate observer of life and he spends many hours in the Mandy Lynn, his fifty-horsepower boat in search of anything that moves in the waters of Howe Sound\/Atl\u2019kitsem.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSCN1207.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-268\" src=\"http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSCN1207-300x225.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSCN1207-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSCN1207-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSCN1207-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" alt=\"John and Pauline and the Mandy Lynn\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, he sent me photos of his recent findings. He travelled from McNab Creek to the Squamish Terminals and discovered\u00a0a very recent expansion of herring spawn as well as lots of bird activity everywhere he looked in Howe Sound.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the photos he sent me.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_269\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Howe-Sound-March-42018-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-269\" src=\"http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Howe-Sound-March-42018-3-1024x768.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Howe-Sound-March-42018-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Howe-Sound-March-42018-3-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Howe-Sound-March-42018-3-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Howe-Sound-March-42018-3.jpg 1152w\" alt=\"Goldeneyes\" width=\"676\" height=\"507\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goldeneyes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_271\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Howe-Sound-March-42018-5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-271\" src=\"http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Howe-Sound-March-42018-5-1024x768.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Howe-Sound-March-42018-5-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Howe-Sound-March-42018-5-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Howe-Sound-March-42018-5-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Howe-Sound-March-42018-5.jpg 1152w\" alt=\"Surf Scoters\" width=\"676\" height=\"507\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Surf Scoters<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_270\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Howe-Sound-March-42018-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-270\" src=\"http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Howe-Sound-March-42018-4-1024x768.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Howe-Sound-March-42018-4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Howe-Sound-March-42018-4-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Howe-Sound-March-42018-4-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Howe-Sound-March-42018-4.jpg 1152w\" alt=\"Oyster catcher in Howe Sound\" width=\"676\" height=\"507\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oyster Catcher<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_272\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Typical-spawn-density-seen-at-Squamish-Terminal-area-March-4.2018.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-272\" src=\"http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Typical-spawn-density-seen-at-Squamish-Terminal-area-March-4.2018-1024x768.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Typical-spawn-density-seen-at-Squamish-Terminal-area-March-4.2018-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Typical-spawn-density-seen-at-Squamish-Terminal-area-March-4.2018-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Typical-spawn-density-seen-at-Squamish-Terminal-area-March-4.2018-768x576.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"507\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">John says this kelp bed is a favourite spawning ground of herring. He tells me herring communicate by farting. It\u2019s true!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>John also takes underwater videos with Howey, a submersible camera he built himself. This photo of pink salmon was taken with one of his polecams:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_273\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Pink-Salmon-emerging-from-the-cloudy-waters-of-the-Cheekye-into-the-clear-waters-of-Brohm-Creek-to-spawn-Sept.-112015-6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-273\" src=\"http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Pink-Salmon-emerging-from-the-cloudy-waters-of-the-Cheekye-into-the-clear-waters-of-Brohm-Creek-to-spawn-Sept.-112015-6-1024x768.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Pink-Salmon-emerging-from-the-cloudy-waters-of-the-Cheekye-into-the-clear-waters-of-Brohm-Creek-to-spawn-Sept.-112015-6-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Pink-Salmon-emerging-from-the-cloudy-waters-of-the-Cheekye-into-the-clear-waters-of-Brohm-Creek-to-spawn-Sept.-112015-6-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Pink-Salmon-emerging-from-the-cloudy-waters-of-the-Cheekye-into-the-clear-waters-of-Brohm-Creek-to-spawn-Sept.-112015-6-768x576.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"507\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pink Salmon coming from the Cheekeye Creek to spawn. PHOTO JOHN BUCHANAN<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOHN BUCHANAN, citizen scientist, a preposterously fit man in his fifties, has become a bit of a Howe Sound celebrity for his videos of herring eggs and spawning salmon. I was lucky enough to spend a day with him while I was working on Whale in the Door. John is a passionate observer of life and he spends many hours in the Mandy Lynn, his fifty-horsepower boat in search of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/283"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=283"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":294,"href":"https:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/283\/revisions\/294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whaleinthedoor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}